Mouse-over 'Profile' on the menu and click 'Forum Profile'.
Avatar Upload a picture from your hard drive or input the address of an image online somewhere. Personal Text This is like the custom title except that you have absolute control over it. Type in what you want and it appears under your name on your posts. Signature The signature text / image appears after each of your posts' text. Main Bike Select a Fazer / FZ model from the drop-down list or, if your main bike is something else, select 'Other' and type it in. This appears under your name on your posts. Media Album Create a new album for yourself here. Give it a name and maybe a description. Ignore everything else, scroll to the bottom and click 'Submit'.
There are a few ways to add a picture to your post - from your computer's hard disk, from this site's media gallery and from Photobucket (other third party galleries are available).
1. From your hard disk Start a new topic or, if replying to a topic, ignore the Quick Reply box and click Reply. Under the main message box click "+ Attachments and other options" and then click into the Attach box. You will be prompted to pick the image from your hard disk. You can add more than one image by clicking More Attachments. All the pictures will appear under your typing. 2. From this site's media gallery Click 'Media' from the menu and follow the instructions you'll find i.e. create an album, add a picture to your album and finally paste the SMF ID code into your post. The picture will appear where you place the code. 3. Using Photobucket, etc When you upload or view a picture it will have various codes underneith it. Copy the IMG code and paste it into your post. The picture will appear where you place the code.
You can embed videos from many sites but we'll look at YouTube and BBC's iPlayer.
YouTube Copy and paste the web page address, for example this address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCgkkc0JRM&feature=mh_lolz&list=PLA83DF17C165D27EE Gives this: BBC's iPlayer Copy the web page address of the programme and episode and paste it into your post where you want the video to appear. For example this address: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p007cfkf/BBC_iPlayer_Tips_BBC_iPlayer_Your_Way/ Gives this: |